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A cotton-pickin' success
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LETTSWORTH, La. -- Since the boll weevil crossed from Mexico into
Brownsville, Texas, in 1892, American cotton growers and
entomologists have spent a century battling the pest, and at long
last victory seems at hand.
As surely as the weevil spread across the southeastern quarter of
the country, destroying billions of dollars in crops and thousands of
jobs, a scientific counterattack that began in North Carolina in
1978 is slowly beating the varmint back.
North Carolina, South Ca...
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Profile: Eradication of the boll weevil
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BOLL WEEVIL HAS COTTON FARMERS WORRIED.(SUFFOLK SUN)
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COTTON FARMERS BRACE FOR BOLL WEEVIL ATTACK MORE WEEVILS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FOUND THIS YEAR, BUT EXPERTS HOPE ONLY IN LAST YEAR'S INFESTED FIELDS.(ISLE OF WIGHT CITIZEN)
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; Byline: JODY R. SNIDER, STAFF WRITER ISLE OF WIGHT -- Southside cotton farmers are preparing for the worst this year: the return of the boll weevil. About 160 area farmers attended a cotton meeting recently in Windsor to hear agriculture experts speak on cotton-related topics, including the spread
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